Catching Monsters

Chapter 247 It’s decided
It’s over.

She wouldn't ask me for the meteorite, would she?

If I told her that the meteorite was stolen by a talking cat...

How would she react?
No matter what he thought, Jiang Yun still forced a smile, quickly dismounted and stepped forward, respectfully bowed to Linglong, and said: "Master, you are not the partner of my trip that Eunuch Feng mentioned, are you?"

"What else?" Linglong blinked and asked, "Why? Unsatisfied?"

"No, no, no, satisfied, satisfied..."

Jiang Yun knew that Linglong was quite powerful and had a lot of life-saving magic weapons on her. Why would he be dissatisfied if she went to Beihu with him?
Behind Jiang Yun, Xu Xiaogang frowned slightly. Of course, he knew Linglong. Back then, Linglong pretended to be an innocent girl who escaped from the Jiaofangsi...

When Your Majesty was offering sacrifices to his ancestors, he even led the Red Lotus Sect to attack Your Majesty.

After being arrested, he even fled the capital.

The leader of the Red Lotus Cult!
The number one traitor!
This evil woman also appeared at Baekje Villa.

Thinking of this, Xu Xiaogang quickly drew his sword, jumped off his horse, and said in a deep voice: "Brother-in-law, stay away from this witch!"

Hearing this, Linglong's eyes turned slightly, and she glanced at Jiang Yun with a smile, and then said to Xu Xiaogang: "Master Xu, please don't be so rude."

Then, she looked at Jiang Yun and asked, "I gave you a jade pendant before. Are you still wearing it?"

Jiang Yun hurriedly searched his body for a while, fortunately he didn't lose it, so he put it on...

He quickly handed the emerald jade pendant to Linglong.

Linglong casually threw it to Xu Xiaogang: "Take a good look at who I am."

After taking the jade pendant, Xu Xiaogang frowned and looked at it carefully. There were only two words "Linglong" carved on the front of the jade pendant.

On the back, there is a complex and exquisite pattern.

Royal jade plaque.

When a member of the royal family of the Great Zhou Dynasty was born, His Majesty would order the top jade craftsmen to create a jade plaque as an identity symbol. The complex patterns on the back of the plaque made it difficult for ordinary people to imitate.

Of course, ordinary people can't recognize this thing. Only people who have reached a certain status can recognize it.

"Is this your stuff?" Xu Xiaogang looked at the other person seriously.

Linglong smiled faintly and said, "What else?"

"Are you a royal family!" Xu Xiaogang asked in a deep voice.

Jiang Yun, who was standing nearby, felt a slight stir in his heart. When he learned that Linglong was a member of the royal family, he was also surprised. But then he thought that when Linglong was able to attract Feng Yu, it had already revealed that her identity was unusual.

Xu Xiaogang casually threw the exquisite jade token back, but there was still some suspicion in his eyes.

How could such a good rebel suddenly become a member of the royal family?
Linglong put away the jade token in her hand, climbed onto her horse, and looked towards the north of the official road: "Let's go, let's set off. I have traveled all over the country for so many years, but I have never been out of the country and visited the Northern Hu."

Jiang Yun nodded, and soon the group galloped towards the north.

We rode at full speed all the way, passing through four provinces, and after seven days, we finally arrived at the border.

This is an endless stretch of mountains towering into the clouds, and Jianchi Pass is a passage among the mountains.

Inside the entire pass, there is a huge fortification built with solid rock, where garrisons are stationed all year round.

Twenty miles away from Jianchi Pass, there is a city called Mushan City. Although it is a poor place on the border, it is prosperous because of the merchants from Zhou State and Beihu, and the military camps of 150,000 Zhenchi troops are set up around Mushan City. On weekdays, the soldiers in the barracks also go to Mushan City for fun in their spare time, making this small city look particularly prosperous.

A group of thirteen people, riding on horses, could already see the towering city walls in the distance.

"Brother-in-law is almost in Mushan City." Xu Xiaogang rode on his horse and said to Jiang Yun beside him with a smile: "You and Miss Linglong should rest in Mushan City for a few days and prepare before entering the Beihu grassland."

Linglong beside her shook her head, looked at the mountains in the distance, and asked in a deep voice: "Is Jianchi Pass about to be closed? It would be better for Jiang Yun and I to pass through it directly."

Xu Xiaogang nodded slightly and said, "Let's go into the city first. I'll get the customs clearance documents for you two."

The defense of Mushan City has always been the responsibility of the Zhenchi Army. The General's Mansion in the city can be regarded as the second home of the Duke of Zhenguo.

Before this, Xu Dingwu had been living in this general's mansion.

When everyone arrived at the city gate, the security was already extremely tight, and dozens of soldiers in black stopped a few people.

Before Xu Xiaogang could say anything, the old soldier from the Zhenguo Mansion behind him shouted, "Who is guarding the city? Go and inform them that the Zhenguo Duke has arrived."

When they heard the three words "Duke of Zhenguo", all the soldiers present looked at Xu Xiaogang with surprise in their eyes.

After Xu Dingwu surrendered to the enemy, all the soldiers in the Zhenchi Army were uneasy and worried.

After all, with such a huge change, the top generals were all Xu Dingwu's confidants, and no one knew whether His Majesty would implicate them or seize their power.

The lower-level soldiers were also worried about what the new general sent by the court would look like.

Will they deduct military pay, etc.?

Fortunately, I heard later that the court had conferred the title of Duke of Zhenguo on the young prince and that he had already rushed to Mushan City.

After hearing the news, many soldiers on the city walls couldn't help but stick their heads out and look towards Xu Xiaogang.

Soon, the guard on the tower came running over. When he saw Xu Xiaogang, he clasped his fists and said, "Qin Tao, the captain of the Mushan garrison of the Zhenchi Army, greets the general."

Xu Xiaogang nodded slightly, and then said: "Give me a customs clearance document immediately."

Qin Tao was slightly stunned. The customs clearance documents were always on the city wall. They were not worth much on normal days. However, after the Northern Hu army gathered and the war was about to start, the customs clearance documents were no longer distributed easily.

Of course, since Xu Xiaogang had spoken, Qin Tao quickly went up to the city wall, took out a document and handed it to him with both hands.

Xu Xiaogang turned around and looked at Jiang Yun, and asked, "Brother-in-law, you really don't want to come in and sit down?"

Jiang Yun subconsciously looked back at Linglong. Seeing Linglong shaking her head, he said, "Forget it. You just arrived here and you still have a lot of things to do. I won't bother you. When I come back, I'll have a drink with you."

"Well, I won't send you off."

"Gee." Linglong waved the whip and hit the horse's butt, and Jiang Yun hurriedly followed.

A man and a woman rode their horses towards the northern mountains.

Now that there were only two of them left, Jiang Yun couldn't help but ask curiously, "Master, what exactly are we doing in Beihu this time? Why don't you give me a hint first?"

Linglong rode on the horse and shook her head: "I don't know either. Feng Yu told us to find out after we reach the Northern Hu King's Court and find an informant."

Linglong also frowned. She had received a message from Feng Yu saying that something had happened to Xiao Jingqi. Perhaps it was because of this reason that her father changed his mind and agreed to let her return to the capital and resume her status as a princess.

But she had just arrived in the capital, and Feng Yu asked her to carry out the mission one last time.

As long as this mission is completed, I can restore my identity...

Linglong frowned slightly, and she was also curious.

Soon, the two arrived at Jianchi Pass, a huge pass with cliffs on both sides. Below the cliffs, there were several towers and arrow walls.

There are also equipment such as rolling stones and logs on the cliff.

There are two thousand Zhenchi soldiers on duty here. This is the maximum number of people that can be on duty at Jianchi Pass. If there are more, the entire pass will not be able to accommodate them.

But it is enough. The Zhenchi Army is the elite border army. Moreover, relying on the terrain of Jianchi Pass, it can already withstand thousands of troops.

After the two of them took out the customs clearance documents, they passed through customs smoothly.

After riding out of Jianchi Pass, there are no more high mountains in front of us. All we can see is green grassland.

"Let's find a place to change clothes later."

"Generally speaking, the southerners who appear in the Northern Hu grasslands are either merchants and caravans, or the descendants of southerners who were taken to the grasslands as slaves by the Hu people many years ago."

"There are only two of us, and we don't have a caravan, so we can only pretend to be descendants of slaves, otherwise we will arouse the suspicion of the Hu people."

Listening to Linglong's words, Jiang Yun frowned slightly and asked in a deep voice: "Pretending to be a descendant of slaves?"

"What's wrong? Have you been wronged?" Linglong rolled her eyes at Jiang Yun.

Jiang Yun shook his head: "It's fine for me, but Master, you are a member of the royal family, and I am worried about you..."

Linglong smiled immediately: "That's nothing. I've been in the martial arts world for so many years and have experienced all kinds of hardships. If you really want to worry about me, we can pretend to be a couple."

"I would never dare to..." Jiang Yun hurriedly shook his head.

"I'm so beautiful, if the Hu people take a fancy to me, it will be a troublesome matter. But there is a rule among the Hu people that if a woman is married, if you want to take her away, you have to fight a life-and-death battle with the woman's husband and kill the husband before you can take his wife away."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Yun looked at the beautiful Linglong and said in a deep voice: "Master, in my opinion, let's pretend to be brother and sister..."

With her exquisite looks, she would be considered a top-notch beauty even in the capital, and she also has a bit of chivalrous spirit.

If it is true as Linglong said, there is such a strange rule among the Hu people.

Am I afraid that I will have to keep fighting life and death with others?

Linglong blinked and looked at Jiang Yun with some interest, as if she had seen the scene of Jiang Yun fighting with the Hu people. She smiled and said, "Let's pretend to be husband and wife. It's decided."

(End of this chapter)